flicker🔊

An unsteady flash of light.

(figurative) A short moment.

To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.

To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.

To flutter or flap.

(class of woodpeckers; member thereof; instance thereof) (US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus (genus).

One who flicks.